Greenhouse With Rain Collecting Roof

With the increase in the number of gutters the downspouts are connected to larger pipes the length of the end pipes can go up to 18 inches or larger for big greenhouses.

Greenhouse with rain collecting roof.

Just a quick evening blog. Without any guttering system the rain water running from the roof of the greenhouse structure will drip off the ends onto the soil. While metal roofing or plastic sheeting e g. Terry king s allotment gardening on a budget 5 500 views.

Also guttering system allows you to collect rainwater which is ideal for some plants. I found some for 18 a pair now i don t like to pay much for anything so into the workshop i went to make my own. Doesn t that sound like a lot of water that you could harvest and use for free. The roof of the greenhouse is taken as a catchment surface with gutters installed and have a series of the downspouts which are connected to a 4 inch or 6 inch pvc pipe.

The good news is most roofing materials are suitable for rainwater harvesting. Around 600 gallons of rainwater can be harvested from about one inch of rain if it falls from a thousand square foot roof. I always collect. Because rainwater is as yet a free resource and typically one of high quality and nutrition growers are seeing benefits to installing harvesting systems.

These pipes take the water to the water barrels where the rainwater is stored. Fitting guttering to the greenhouse to collect the valuable rain water using recycled materials 312 duration. That is why my husband and i began harvesting our rainwater. There s just a short list of rooftop surfaces that rainwater harvesters should avoid.

I searched for greenhouse rainwater collector kits on ebay today for my home gh to collect nutritious rain water for my seedlings. I bodged together a way to capture water off the mini greenhouse roof. Rainwater harvesting rwh is a method of collecting rainwater from the roofs of buildings or other catchment surfaces and sending it to storage for future use. Greenhouse roof has the highest collection efficiency most surfaces are a ok.

Making my own gutter end and down pipe arrangement. Well we thought so too. It works by catching rainwater from the greenhouse roof into the gutters on each side of the structure. Approximately 900 gallons of water will flow from the roof of a 30 by 96 high tunnel with a half inch rain event.

The water then drains into the downspouts which are connected to pvc pipes.